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... CONCERTS: Toronto & nearby905-271-9449. Free.- 3:15: Taste ofToronto. TSO BrassOuintet. Metro Square, King St. West be·tween Simcoe & John Sts. 416-217-0700.Free.- 4:20: Taste of Toronto. The Essentials. ACappella Vocal. Metro Square, King St. W be·tween Simcoe & John Sts. 416-217-0700.Free.- 5:20: Taste of Toronto. Melting pot.Rock. Metro Square, King St. West be·tween Simcoe & John Sts. 416-217 -0700.Free.- 6:20: Taste of Toronto. Jorge Miguel.Flamenco. Metro Square, King St. Westbetween Simcoe & John Sts. 416-217-0700. Free.- 6:30: Jazz at Commensal. Dan Eisen(piano}. Commensal, 655 Bay St. 416-596·9364. Free.An 8 vening of Operaand /(omantic SongsElena Ciorici - SopranoJanna Routsinska - Piano. Bellini, Verdi,1 DonizettiI· and Strauss' i Italian andli Russian Songs•'Saturday, Sept 9 at 7pmChrist Church Deer Park1570 Yonge St. at St. ClairTickets , sen./stud.416-638-1919 or 905-619-8047- 7:00: Elena Ciorici. An Evening ofOpera and Romantic Songs. Works byPuccini, Bellini, Verdi, Donizetti &Strauss; Italian & Russian songs. ElenaCiorici, soprano; Janna Routsinska,piano. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570Yonge St. 416-638-1919. ; (sr/st).- 7:00: Southside Shuffle Blues andJazz Festival. Main Stage Concert.Wickens/Knight; Downchild Blues Band;Jeff Healey's Jazz Wizards. MemorialPark, Port Credit. 905-271-9449.(wkend pass), (daily pass).- 7:00: The Kenneth G. Mills Founda·tion. Akafist Chamber Choir. 15-voiceRussian male a cappella choir, singingRussian folk songs & church musicspanning five centuries. Andrei V. Malyutin,artistic director/conductor. St. ArsenijeSremac Serbian Church, 508 ByronStreet South, Whitby. 905-668-2676. Bydonation.- 7:30: AIDS Committee of Toronto.BroadwAID II: Benefit for ACT. Musicaltheatre, popular & classical music. AnnO'Kane, Marnie Kersten & Jeff Maclean,performers. Bloor Street United Church,300 Bloor Street West. 905-483-8121., (st/sr).- 7:30: Raag-Mala Music Society. KalaRamnath, violin. With Subhankar Baner·jee, tabla. Medical Sciences Auditorium, Uof T, 1 King's College Circle. 416-281·3725. -; member discount.- 8:20 Taste of Toronto. Patrizia. RockOpera Diva Patrizia performs operaticarias with her band. Metro Square, KingSt. West between Simcoe & John Sts.416-217-0700. Free.- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Rita Chiarelli CDRelease. Pop country, blues & blues-rock.Hugh's Room, 2261 Dundas St. West.416-531 -6604. ; (adv).- 9:00pm: Lula Lounge. Salsa Saturdaywith Cachtf. Hardcore Salsa music, in·eludes dance class. Lula Lounge, 1585Dundas St. West. 416-588-0307. .-9:20pm: Taste ofToronto. RubenVazquez & friends. Cuban. Metro Square, KingSt. West between Simcoe & John Sts. 416·217-0700. Free.Sunday September 10- 12:00 noon: Southside Shuffle Bluesand Jazz Festival. Main Stage Concert.Papa Grey; The Soul Reason Revue; DannyBrooks & the Memphis Brothers; Shawne &Jay Jackson & the Majesties; Detroit Women& Motor City Express. Memorial Park, PortCredit. 905-271-9449. (wkend pass),1daily pass).- 12:00 noon: Taste of Toronto. Kevin Clark'sJazz Kitchen. Metro Square, King St. W betweenSimcoe & John Sts.416-217-0700. Free.- 1 :25: Taste of Toronto. Terra Hazelton &The Easy Answers. Metro Square, King St.West between Simcoe & John Sts. 416-217-0700. Free.- 2:00: Scarborough Sunday Concerts.Marie Gogoin Concert. Rotunda, ScarboroughCivic Centre, 150 Borough Dr. 416-396·7398. Free.- 2:45: Taste ofToronto. Christopher Plock& The Swinging Outlaws. Metro Square, KingSt. West between Simcoe & John Sts. 416-217-0700. Free.- 3:00: The Kenneth G. Mills Foundation.Akafist Chamber Choir. 15-voice Russianmale a cappella choir, singing Russian folksongs & church music spanning five centuries.Andrei V. Malyutin, artistic director/conductor.Cathedral of the Transfiguration, 10350Woodbine Avenue, Markham. 416-872-4255., (sr/st); (choirs).- 3:00: Walton Memorial UnitedChurch. BroadwAID II. Musical theatre,popular & classical music. Ann O'Kane,Marnie Kersten & Jeff Maclean, performers.Walton Memorial United Church, 2489Lakeshore Blvd. West, Oakville. 905-827·1643. , (st/sr).- 4:00: Association of Improvising Musi·cians Toronto/Now Lounge. Jazz & ImprovisedMusic. Showcasing local talent. NowLounge, 189 Church St. 416-769-2841. .- 4:00: St. James' Cathedral. SundayAfternoon Twilight Recital. Mozart: Fantasiainf, K.608; Willan: Introduction, Passacagliaand Fugue. Michael Bloss, organ. 4:30: ChoralEvensong. 65 Church St. 416-364· 7865x224. Free.-4:00: Summer Music in the Garden.Only in the Enchanted Realm of Song. Schu·bert: String Quartet in a, D.804; Haydn:Quartet in C, Op.9/1. Windermere StringQuartet: Rona Goldensher, Genevieve Gilar·deau, violins; Anthony Rapoport, viola; LauraJones, cello. Toronto Music Garden, 475Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free.- 4:15: Taste of Toronto. Jaymz Bee &his Royal Jelly Orchestra. Metro Square,King St. West between Simcoe & JohnSts. 416-217-0700. Free.- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. JazzVespers. Alex Dean Quartet. 1570 YongeSt. 416-920-5211. Free; donations welcome.- 4:45: Taste of Toronto. Divine Brown.Metro Square, King St. West betweenSimcoe & John Sts. 416-217-0700. Free.- 8:00: Beth Tikvah Synagogue MusicCommittee. TheDivaandtheFiddler. Classics,traditional Yiddish and Hebrew folkmusic, contemporary favourites. MosheHammer, violin; Shoshana Friedman;soprano. Beth Tikvah Synagogue, 3080Bayview Ave. 416-221-3433 x354. ;(reserved); (sr); (st).- 8:00: Toronto Centre for the Arts.Parissa, with Dastan Ensemble. Persiantraditional music. The Dastan Ensemble:Hamid Motebassem, tar (Persian lute);Hossein Behroozinia, barbat (oud); SaeedFarajpouri, kamanche (spike fiddle); PejmanHadadi & Benham Samani, percussion;Parissa, singer. George Weston Recital Hall,Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.416-872-1111. -.- 8:30: Arabesque. Layali Arabesque(Arabesque Nights/. Traditional acousticmusic by the Arabesque Orchestra; professionalbellydancers. Prof. BassamBishara, vocals/oude; George Barbas,dhoholla; Sebastian Gatto, katim; Sulei·man Warwar, lead dumbek/leader. GypsyCo-op, 815 Queen St. West. cover.- 8:30: Hugh's Room. The GlengarryBhoys. Celtic & roots music Hugh'sRoom, 2261 Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604. $12; (adv).- 9:30pm: Lula Lounge. Rob Curto'sForro For All with Maracatu NuncaAntes. Forro music from NortheastBrazil. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St.West. 416-588-0307. .Monday September 11- 2:30: Alchemy. An Hour of ChamberMusic. Boismortier: Sonata for celloand bassoon ind, Op.40/1; Schubert:Sonatensatz for piano trio in B-flat,D.28; Glinka: Sonatensatz for Bassoonand Piano; Glazunov: Elegy for viola andpiano in g, Op.44; Danzi: Quartet forbassoon and string trio in d, Op.40/2.Larkin Hinder, bassoon; Heidi Behren·bruch, violin; Beverlee Swayze, viola;Tricia Balmer, cello; Marion Wilk, piano.Belmont House, 55 Belmont St. 416-964·9231 x226. Free.Tuesday September 12- 1 :OD: St. James' Cathedral. Music atMid-day. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in e,BWV.548; Reger: Kyrie Eleison, Op.59/7;Kenins: Ex Mari: Episodes from Georgian;Hindemith: Sonate Ill; Diemer: Toccata fororgan. Michael Bloss, organ. 65 ChurchSt. 416-364· 7865 x224. Free.- 7:00: Alchemy. An Hour of ChamberMusic. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata #7 in B·flat, Op.83; Piazzolla: La Muerte DelAngel; Dvorak; Piano Quartet in E-flat,Op.87. John Soloninka, violin; NataliyaLaribi, viola; Jennifer Brunton, cello;Leslie Myrick, Meri Gee, piano. ValleyviewResidence, 541 Finch Ave. West. 416-398·0555. Free.- 7:00: Canadian Opera Company.Wagner's Ring Cycle (Cycle 1 begins). DerRing des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner;see CDC web site for related events. PavloHunka, Susan Bullock, Adrianne Pieczon·ka & other performers; Richard Brad·shaw, conductor. Four Seasons Centre forthe Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West .416-363-8231. 00-00; 0·5(single performances, limited). Forcomplete run of this and all the cycles,see music theatre listings. *SOLD OUT*- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Save The RevueBenefit. Hugh's Room, 2261 Dundas St.West. 416-531-6604. .Wednesday September 13- 12:30: Summer Serenades SmoothJazz Wednesdays. Lori Cullen. YongeDundas Square, 1 Dundas St. East. 416-979·9960. Free.- 12:30: Yorkminster Park BaptistChurch. Noonday Organ Recital. ChrisDawes, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922·1167. Free.- 2:30: Alchemy. An Hour of ChamberMusic. See Sep 11. New Horizons Tower,1140 Bloor St. West. 416-536-6111.- 8:00: Massey Hall/House of BluesConcerts Canada. Bela Fleck and TheFlecktones. Pop, jazz, funk, bluegrass andNoon at MetFree informal concerts on Thursdays from 12: 15 to 12:45Metropolitan United Church, Queen at Church StreetsASeptember 14September 21September. 28October 5Patricia Wright, organMetropolitan United ChurchMichael Bloss, organCathedral Church of St. JamesPatricia Wright, organMetropolitan United ChurchSoobok Kim, ShimToronto organistMetropolitan United Churchr/ \~ 56 Queen Street East at Church Street, TorontoMETROPOLITAN 416-363-0331 ext. 26 www.metunited.org36 WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM SEPTEMBER 1 - O CTOBER 7 2006

classical music. 15 Shuter St. 416·872·4255. .50·.50.- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Chantal Chamberland.Vocal jazz standards. Dan Lockwood,drums; Steve Pelletier, uprightbass; Eric Boucher, piano; Paul White.alto sax. Hugh's Room, 2261 Dundas St.West. 416-531 ·6604. ; (adv).Thursday September 14-12:15: Metropolitan United Church.Noon at Met Organ Recital: PatriciaWright. 56 Queen St. East. 416-363-0331x26. Free.- 12:15: Music On The Hill. Cowboys &Angels. Allison Lynn, gospel singer; GeraldFlemming, guitar. St. John's York MillsAnglican Church, 19 Don Ridge Dr. 416-225-6611. Free.- 1 :OD & 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Newton Moraes Dance Theatre. Saudesdo Brazil (Memories of my Brazil}. Contemporarydance, exploring Brazilian & Latin AmericanCultures. Newton Moraes, artistic director.Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 235 QueensQuay West. 416-973-4000. ,;(sr/st/CADAI; $12(schools matinee). Forcomplete run see music theatre listings.- 2:00: Alchemy.AnHourofChamberMusic. See Sep 11. Northern District Library.40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-393-7610.- 7:00: The Mod Club. Nouvelle Vague,Bande ii Part CD Tour. Reflection of Caribbeanmusic between 1940 & 1970; Jamaica(mento, ska/rocksteady, reggae). Trinidad(calypso), Cuba (salsa). Haiti (voodoo) & Brazil.The Mod Club, 722 College. 416·840·0501.; (adv).- 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia. Fire andIce. Somers: Picasso Suite; Sibelius: ViolinConcerto; Chopin: Piano Concerto #2. CissyZhou; piano; Benjamin Bowman. violin; KerryStratton, conductor. George Weston RecitalHall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 YongeSt. 416-872-1111. ·; .50-(sr).- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Alfie Zappacosta.Silvio Pupo, piano; Claudio Vena. viola/accordion.Hugh's Room, 2261 Dundas St. West.416-531-6604. ; (adv).- 8:30: Lula Lounge. Bryan Vargas and i YaEsta!. 6-piece Afro-Latino funk/jazz/soulband. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. West.416-588-0307. ; (adv).Friday September 15- 6:30: Jazz at Commensal. Double AJazz Trio. Commensal. 655 Bay St. 416-596·9364. Free.- 8:00: Hart House Theatre. ReeferMadness: The Musical. Music by DanStudney, lyrics by Kevin Murphy, book byKevin Murphy & Dan Studney, Canadianpremiere. Elenna Mosoff, director. HartHouse Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849. $ 20; $12(sr/sl). For completerun see music theatre listings.- 8:00: Hummingbird Centre for thePerforming Arts. Charles AznavourFarewell Tour. Hummingbird Centre, 1Front St. East. 416-872·2262. Call forticket prices.- 8:00: Lula Lounge. Kol/age. Hard Bopband led by Archie Alleyne. Lula Lounge, 1585Dundas St. West. 416-588-0307. .- 8:00: North Toronto Institute ofMusic. Hungarian Rhapsody. Music ofHungarian composers Kodaly, Bart6k &Liszt. Mary Kenedi, piano. Glenn GouldStudio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. ; (sr); (sl).- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Boys Do Girls.Murray McLauchlan. Stephen Fearing, GregQuill, John Oswald, Scott Merritt & DannyGreenspoon, performers. Hugh's Room, 2261Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604. ;(adv).- 9:00pm: Association of ImprovisingMusicians Toronto/Arraymusic. leftoverDaylight Series. Jazz & improvised music.Arraymusic Studio, Suite 218 (enter at reardoor), 60 Atlantic Ave. 416-539-8752. - O(sliding scale).- 1 O:OOpm: Lula Lounge. Bryan Vargas andiYa Esta!. 6-piece Afro-Latino funk/jazz/soulband. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. West.416-588-0307. ; (adv).Saturday September 16- 6:30: Jazz at Commensal. Chris Mckhool(violin jazz duo} with piano. Commensal, 655Bay St. 416-596-9364. Free.- 7:30: Darbazi Georgian Vocal Ensemble.Georgian Music Concert.Traditionalmusic from the Black Sea Republic of Georgia,a cappella or accompanied on Georgian folkinstruments. Eastminster United Church,310 Danforth Ave. 416-371-0710. ; O(sr/sl); PWYC(unwaged).HungarianRhapsodyMary Kenedi, pianistplays a recital ofHungarian musiccelebrating the 50thAnniversary of theHungarian Revolutionand the 125thAnniversary ofBartok's birth.Friday, September 15, 8 pmGlenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street W.Tickets: , Seniors , Students ,available at the Box Office or at glenngouldstudio.comS EPTE M BE R 1 - O CTOBER 7 2006WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM- 8:00: Acoustic Harvest Folk Club. TheLaws. Country-folk duo; opening setRosemary Phelan & Jason LaPrade.St.Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 KingstonRd. 416-264-2235. .- 8:00: Glenn Chipkar & the Swing ShiftBig Band. The Songs of Sinatra. RBCTheatre, Living Arts Centre, 4141 LivingArts Dr., Mississauga. 905·306-6000, 888-805-8888. -. All proceeds to theCrohn's and Colitis Foundation of Cana·da.- 8:00: Massey Hall/House of BluesConcerts Canada. John Prine in Concert.Folk, rockabilly, country. Guest: DanReeder. Massey Hall, 15 Shuter St. 416-872-4255. .50-.50.- 8:00: The Kenneth G. Mills Foundation.Aka fist Chamber Choir. 15-voice Russianmale a cappella choir, singing Russian folksongs & church music spanning five centuries.Andrei V. Malyutin, artistic director/conductor.St. Paul's Basilica, 83 Power St. 416-364-7588. ; (sr/st/parishioners/choirs).- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Chris Whiteley &Diana Braithwaite, Morning Sun CD Release.Tribute to the classic blues sounds of the 30'sand 40's. Hugh's Room. 2261 Dundas St.West. 416-531-6604. ; (adv).- 9:00pm: Mercer Union. Music in AlternativeSpaces. Isabelle Noel. 3 7 Lis gar St. 416-536-1519. Free.Sunday September 17- 1 :00: The Kenneth G. Mills Founda·tion. Aka fist Chamber Choir. 15-voice Russianmale a cappella choir. singing Russian folksongs & church music spanning five centuries.Andrei V. Malyutin, artistic director/conductor.St. Michael the Archangel Serbian OrthodoxChurch, 212 Delaware Ave. 416·616-8565.By donation.- 1 :30: CAMMAC/McMichael Art Gal·lery. Sunday Concert Series. Club Django, jazzensemble. 10365 Islington Ave .• Kleinburg.905-893-1121. 888-213-1121. Admissionwith gallery price: ; (sr/st); (family);free(5 & under).- 2:00: Scarborough Sunday Concerts.Michel Berube in Concert. Rotunda, ScarboroughCivic Centre, 150 Borough Dr. 416·396·7398. Free.- 3:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra.Meet the Orchestra. Program designed tointroduce young people to live orchestraperformance. Oakville Centre for the PerformingArts, 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-815·2021, 888-489-7784. O; (st/ch).- 3:00: Women's Art Association. HeatherCumine. A concert of liturgical music. 23Prince Arthur Ave. 647-438-0979. (door).- 4:00: Association of ImprovisingMusicians Toronto/Now Lounge. Jazz &Improvised Music. Showcasing local talent.Now Lounge, 189 Church St. 416-769-2841..- 4:00: St. James' Cathedral. SundayAfternoon Twilight Recital. Andrea Naccarato,soprano; Andrew Ager, piano. 4:30: ChoralEvensong. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865x224. Free.-4:00: St. Olave's Church. Mozart 250.Choral evensong, including music and anthemsto mark Mozart's 250th; followed bypeaches & cream and an illustrated talkby Douglas Cowling on Mozart's life andworks. St. Olave's Choir; Jenni Hayman.soprano. St. Olave's Anglican Church, 360Windermere Ave. 416-769-5686. Contribu -lions appreciated.- 4:00: Summer Music in the Garden.Works by Beethoven and Barber. KirbyString Quartet: Aisslinn Nosky, JuliaWedman. violins; Max Mandel, viola;Carina Reeves. cello. Toronto MusicGarden, 475 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free.- 8:30: Arabesque. Layali Arabesque(Arabesque Nights}. Gypsy Co-op. See Sep 10.Monday September 18- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Jazz.FM91Sound of Jazz: Glenn Woodcock 30thAnniversary Concert. Big Band standards,Miller, Dorsey, Basie & Ellington. DaveStratham & Larissa Renee. vocals; SwingShift, Jim John, sax/leader; Glenn Woodcock,host. Harbourfront Centre Theatre,231 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000.; (member).Tuesday September 19-12:10: University ofToronto Facultyof Music. Voice Performance Class. Welcome& vocal showcase. Walter Hall, EdwardJohnson Building, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. Music atMid-day. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d,BWV.538; Gade: Moderato Tone Poem,Op.22; Guilmant: Sonata #4, Op.61. GordonD. Mansell, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364·7865 x224. Free.- 7:00: Canadian Opera Company.Wagner's Ring Cycle (Cycle 2 begins}. Der Ringdes Nibelungen by Richard Wagner; see CDCweb site for related events. Pavlo Hunka.Frances Ginzer, Susan Bullock, AdriannePieczonka & other performers; RichardBradshaw. conductor. Four Seasons Centre forthe Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West.416-363-8231. 00·00, limited;0-5(single performances, limited). Forcomplete run of this and all the cycles. seemusic theatre listings.- 8:00: Massey Hall/Jeff Parry Promotions/AnnerinProductions. The ledZeppelin Experience. Kashmir, Stairway toHeaven. Black Dog & more. recreated by LedZepplica, with light show. 15 Shuter St. 416-872-4255. .50-.50.Wednesday September 20- 12:30: Summer Serenades SmoothJazz Wednesdays. Alex Pangman. YongeDundas Square, 1 Dundas St. East. 416-979-9960. Free.- 12:30: Vorkminster Park BaptistChurch. Noonday Organ Recital. lmre Olah,organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Opening Night: Beethoven Symphonies# 1 &8. Also Beethoven: Violin Concerto. JoshuaBell, violin; Peter Qundjian. conductor. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828.-$120.- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Ferron. Hugh's Room.2261 Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604. ;(adv).Thursday September 21- 12:10: University ofToronto Facultyof Music. Thursdays at Noon. JamesKippen presents traditional and newmusic for North Indian tabla drums. withworks by Becker & Hatzis. Pandit ProbirKumar Mittra (tabla). and guests. WalterHall, Edward Johnson Building, 8037

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Choral Scene: Uncharted territory: three choirs finding paths forward; Music Theatre: Loose Tea on the boil with Alaina Viau’s Dead Reckoning; In with the New: what happens to soundart when climate change meets COVID-19; Call to action: diversity, accountability, and reform in post-secondary jazz studies; 9th Annual TIFF Tips: a filmfest like no other; Remembering: Leon Fleisher; DISCoveries: a NY state of mind; 25th anniversary stroll-through; and more. Online in flip through here, and on stands commencing Tues SEP 1.

Volume 26 Issue 2 - October 2020

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Following the Goldberg trail from Gould to Lang Lang; Measha Brueggergosman and Edwin Huizinga on face to face collaboration in strange times; diggings into dance as FFDN keeps live alive; "Classical unicorn?" - Luke Welch reflects on life as a Black classical pianist; Debashis Sinha's adventures in sound art; choral lessons from Skagit Valley; and the 21st annual WholeNote Blue Pages (part 1 of 3) in print and online. Here now. And, yes, still in print, with distribution starting Thursday October 1.

Volume 26 Issue 3 - November 2020

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Alanis Obomsawin's art of life; fifteen Exquisite Departures; UnCovered re(dis)covered; jazz in the kitchen; three takes on managing record releases in times of plague; baroque for babies; presenter directory (blue pages) part two; and, here at the WholeNote, work in progress on four brick walls (or is it five?). All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Tuesday Nov 3.

Volume 26 Issue 4 - December 2020 / January 2021

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In this issue: Beautiful Exceptions, Sing-Alone Messiahs, Livingston’s Vocal Pleasures, Chamber Beethoven, Online Opera (Plexiglass & All), Playlist for the Winter of our Discontent, The Oud & the Fuzz, Who is Alex Trebek? All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Friday December 4.

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Volume 25 Issue 9 - July / August 2020

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July/August issue is now available in flipthrough HERE, bringing to a close 25 seasons of doing what we do (and plan to continue doing), and on stands early in the week of July 5. Not the usual bucolic parade of music in the summer sun, but lots, we hope, to pass the time: links to online and virtual music; a full slate of record reviews; plenty new in the Listening Room; and a full slate of stories – the future of opera, the plight of small venues, the challenge facing orchestras, the barriers to resumption of choral life, the challenges of isolation for real-time music; the steps some festivals are taking to keep the spirit and substance of what they do alive. And intersecting with all of it, responses to the urgent call for anti-racist action and systemic change.

Volume 25 Issue 8 - May / June 2020

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"COVID's Metamorphoses"? "There's Always Time (Until Suddenly There Isn't)"? "The Writing on the Wall"? It's hard to know WHAT to call this latest chapter in the extraordinary story we are all of a sudden characters in. By whatever name we call it, the MAY/JUNE combined issue of The WholeNote is now available, HERE in flip through format, in print commencing Wednesday May 6, and, in fully interactive form, online at thewholenote.com. Our 18th Annual Choral Canary Pages, scheduled for publication in print and flip through in September is already well underway with the first 50 choirs home to roost and more being added every week online. Community Voices, our cover story, brings to you the thoughts of 30 musical community members, all going through what we are going through (and with many more to come as the feature gets amplified online over the course of the coming months). And our regular writers bring their personal thoughts to the mix. Finally, a full-fledged DISCoveries review section offers cues and clues to recorded music for your solitary solace!

Volume 25 Issue 7 - April 2020

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After some doubt that we would be allowed to go to press, in respect to wide-ranging Ontario business closures relating to COVID-19, The WholeNote magazine for April 2020 is now on press, and print distribution – modified to respect community-wide closures and the need for appropriate distancing – starts Monday March 30. Meanwhile the full magazine is right here, digitally, so if you value us PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK AS WIDELY AS YOU CAN. It's the safest way for us to reach the widest possible audience at this time!

Volume 25 Issue 6 - March 2020

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FEATURED: Music & Health writer Vivien Fellegi explores music, blindness & the plasticity of perception; David Jaeger digs into Gustavo Gimeno's plans for new music in his upcoming first season as music director at TSO; pianist James Rhodes, here for an early March recital, speaks his mind in a Q&A with Paul Ennis; and Lydia Perovic talks music and more with rising Turkish-Canadian mezzo Beste Kalender. Also, among our columns, Peggy Baker Dance Projects headlines Wende Bartley's In with the New; Steve Wallace's Jazz Notes rushes in definitionally where many fear to tread; ... and more.

Volume 25 Issue 5 - February 2020

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Visions of 2020! Sampling from back to front for a change: in Rearview Mirror, Robert Harris on the Beethoven he loves (and loves to hate!); Errol Gay, a most musical life remembered; Luna Pearl Woolf in focus in recordings editor David Olds' "Editor's Corner" and in Jenny Parr's preview of "Jacqueline"; Speranza Scappucci explains how not to reinvent Rossini; The Indigo Project, where "each piece of cloth tells a story"; and, leading it all off, Jully Black makes a giant leap in "Caroline, or Change." And as always, much more. Now online in flip-through format here and on stands starting Thurs Jan 30.

Volume 25 Issue 4 - December 2019 / January 2020

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Welcome to our December/January issue as we turn the annual calendar page, halfway through our season for the 25th time, juggling as always, secular stuff, the spirit of the season, new year resolve and winter journeys! Why is Mozart's Handel's Messiah's trumpet a trombone? Why when Laurie Anderson offers to fly you to the moon you should take her up on the invitation. Why messing with Winterreisse can (sometimes) be a very good thing! And a bumper crop of record reviews for your reading (and sometimes listening) pleasure. Available in flipthrough here right now, and on stands commencing Thursday Nov 28. See you on the other side!

Volume 25 Issue 3 - November 2019

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On the slim chance you might not have already heard the news, Estonian Canadian composing giant Udo Kasemets was born the same year that Leo Thermin invented the theremin --1919. Which means this is the centenary year for both of them, and both are being celebrated in style, as Andrew Timar and MJ Buell respectively explain. And that's just a taste of a bustling November, with enough coverage of music of both the delectably substantial and delightfully silly on hand to satisfy one and all.

Volume 25 Issue 2 - October 2019

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Long promised, Vivian Fellegi takes a look at Relaxed Performance practice and how it is bringing concert-going barriers down across the spectrum; Andrew Timar looks at curatorial changes afoot at the Music Gallery; David Jaeger investigates the trumpets of October; the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution (and the 20th Anniversary of our October Blue Pages Presenter profiles) in our Editor's Opener; the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir at 125; Tapestry at 40 and Against the Grain at 10; ringing in the changing season across our features and columns; all this and more, now available in Flip Through format here, and on the stands commencing this coming Friday September 27, 2019. Enjoy.

Volume 25 Issue 1 - September 2019

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Vol 1 of our 25th season is now here! And speaking of 25, that's how many films in the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival editor Paul Ennis, in our Eighth Annual TIFF TIPS, has chosen to highlight for their particular musical interest. Also inside: Rob Harris looks through the Rear View Mirror at past and present prognostications about the imminent death of classical music; Mysterious Barricades and Systemic Barriers are Lydia Perović's preoccupations in Art of Song; Andrew Timar reflects on the evolving priorities of the Polaris Prize; and elsewhere, it's chocks away as yet another season creaks or roars (depending on the beat) into motion. Welcome back.

Volume 24 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2019

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Volume 24 Issue 8 - May 2019

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What a range of stuff! A profile of Liz Upchurch, the COC ensemble studio's vocal mentor extraordinaire; a backgrounder on win-win faith/arts centre partnerships and ways of exploring the possibilities; an interview with St. Petersburg-based Eifman Ballet's Boris Eifman; Ana Sokolovic's violin concert Evta finally coming to town; a Love Letter to YouTube, and much more. Plus our 17th annual Canary Pages Choral directory if all you want to do is sing! sing! sing!

Volume 24 Issue 7 - April 2019

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Arraymusic, the Music Gallery and Native Women in the Arts join for a mini-festival celebrating the work of composer, performer and installation artist Raven Chacon; Music and Health looks at the role of Healing Arts Ontario in supporting concerts in care facilities; Kingston-based composer Marjan Mozetich's life and work are celebrated in film; "Forest Bathing" recontextualizes Schumann, Shostakovich and Hindemith; in Judy Loman's hands, the harp can sing; Mahler's Resurrection bursts the bounds of symphonic form; Ed Bickert, guitar master remembered. All this and more in our April issue, now online in flip-through here, and on stands commencing Friday March 29.

Volume 24 Issue 6 - March 2019

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Something Old, Something New! The Ide(a)s of March are Upon Us! Rob Harris's Rear View Mirror looks forward to a tonal revival; Tafelmusik expands their chronological envelope in two directions, Esprit makes wave after wave; Pax Christi's new oratorio by Barbara Croall catches the attention of our choral and new music columnists; and summer music education is our special focus, right when warm days are once again possible to imagine. All this and more in our March 2019 edition, available in flipthrough here, and on the stands starting Thursday Feb 28.

Volume 24 Issue 5 - February 2019

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In this issue: A prize that brings lustre to its laureates (and a laureate who brings lustre to the prize); Edwin Huizinga on the journey of Opera Atelier's "The Angel Speaks" from Versailles to the ROM; Danny Driver on playing piano in the moment; Remembering Neil Crory (a different kind of genius)' Year of the Boar, Indigeneity and Opera; all this and more in Volume 24 #5. Online in flip through, HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday Jan 31.

Volume 24 Issue 4 - December 2018 / January 2019

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When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.

Volume 24 Issue 3 - November 2018

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Reluctant arranger! National Ballet Orchestra percussionist Kris Maddigan on creating the JUNO and BAFTA award-winning smash hit Cuphead video game soundtrack; Evergreen by name and by nature, quintessentially Canadian gamelan (Andrew Timar explains); violinist Angèle Dubeau on 20 years and 60 million streams; two children’s choirs where this month remembrance and living history must intersect. And much more, online in our kiosk now, and on the street commencing Thursday November 1.

Volume 24 Issue 2 - October 2018

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Presenters, start your engines! With TIFF and "back-to-work" out of the way, the regular concert season rumbles to life, and, if our Editor's Opener can be trusted, "Seeking Synergies" seems to be the name of the game. Denise Williams' constantly evolving "Walk Together Children" touching down at the Toronto Centre for the Arts; the second annual Festival of Arabic Music and Arts expanding its range; a lesson in Jazz Survival with Steve Wallace; the 150 presenter and performer profiles in our 19th annual Blue Pages directory... this is an issue that is definitely more than the sum of its parts.

Volume 24 Issue 1 - September 2018

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In this issue: The WholeNote's 7th Annual TIFF TIPS guide to festival films with musical clout; soprano Erin Wall in conversation with Art of Song columnist Lydia Perovic, about more than the art of song; a summer's worth of recordings reviewed; Toronto Chamber Choir at 50 (is a few close friends all it takes?); and much more, as the 2018/19 season gets under way.

Volume 23 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2018

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PLANTING NOT PAVING! In this JUNE / JULY /AUGUST combined issue: Farewell interviews with TSO's Peter Oundjian and Stratford Summer Music's John Miller, along with "going places" chats with Luminato's Josephine Ridge, TD Jazz's Josh Grossman and Charm of Finches' Terry Lim. ) Plus a summer's worth of fruitful festival inquiry, in the city and on the road, in a feast of stories and our annual GREEN PAGES summer Directory.

Volume 23 Issue 8 - May 2018

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In this issue: our sixteenth annual Choral Canary Pages; coverage of 21C, Estonian Music Week and the 3rd Toronto Bach Festival (three festivals that aren’t waiting for summer!); and features galore: “Final Finales” for Larry Beckwith’s Toronto Masque Theatre and for David Fallis as artistic director of Toronto Consort; four conductors on the challenges of choral conducting; operatic Hockey Noir; violinist Stephen Sitarski’s perspective on addressing depression; remembering bandleader, composer and saxophonist Paul Cram. These and other stories, in our May 2018 edition of the magazine.

Volume 23 Issue 7 - April 2018

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In this issue: we talk with jazz pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo about growing up in Toronto, building a musical career, and being adaptive to change; pianist Eve Egoyan prepares for her upcoming Luminato project and for the next stage in her long-term collaborative relationship with Spanish-German composer Maria de Alvear; jazz violinist Aline Homzy, halfway through preparing for a concert featuring standout women bandleaders, talks about social equity in the world of improvised music; and the local choral community celebrates the life and work of choral conductor Elmer Iseler, 20 years after his passing.

Volume 23 Issue 6 - March 2018

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In this issue: Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera collaborate to take Gogol’s short story The Overcoat to the operatic stage; Montreal-based Sam Shalabi brings his ensemble Land of Kush, and his newest composition, to Toronto; Five Canadian composers, each with a different CBC connection, are nominated for JUNOs; and The WholeNote team presents its annual Summer Music Education Directory, a directory of summer music camps, programs and courses across the province and beyond.

Volume 23 Issue 5 - February 2018

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Volume 23 Issue 4 - December 2017 / January 2018

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In this issue: composer Nicole Lizée talks about her love for analogue equipment, and the music that “glitching” evokes; Richard Rose, artistic director at the Tarragon Theatre, gives us insights into their a rock-and-roll Hamlet, now entering production; Toronto prepares for a mini-revival of Schoenberg’s music, with three upcoming shows at New Music Concerts; and the local music theatre community remembers and celebrates the life and work of Mi’kmaq playwright and performer Cathy Elliott . These and other stories, in our double-issue December/January edition of the magazine.

Volume 23 Issue 3 - November 2017

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In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!

Volume 23 Issue 2 - October 2017

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In this issue: several local artists reflect on the memory of composer Claude Vivier, as they prepare to perform his music; Vancouver gets ready to host international festival ISCM World New Music Days, which is coming to Canada for the second time since its inception in 1923; one of the founders of Artword Artbar, one of Hamilton’s staple music venues, on the eve of the 5th annual Steel City Jazz Festival, muses on keeping urban music venues alive; and a conversation with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, as he prepares for an ambitious recital in Toronto. These and other stories, in our October 2017 issue of the magazine.

Volume 23 Issue 1 - September 2017

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In this issue: a look at why musicians experience stage fright, and how to combat it; an inside look at the second Kensington Market Jazz Festival, which zeros in on one of Toronto’s true ‘music villages’; an in-depth interview with Elisa Citterio, new music director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; and The WholeNote’s guide to TIFF, with suggestions for the 20 most musical films at this year’s festival. These and other stories, in our September 2017 issue of the magazine!

Volume 22 Issue 9 - Summer 2017

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CBC Radio's Lost Horizon; Pinocchio as Po-Mo Operatic Poster Boy; Meet the Curators (Crow, Bernstein, Ridge); a Global Music Orchestra is born; and festivals, festivals, festivals in our 13th annual summer music Green Pages. All this and more in our three-month June-through August summer special issue, now available in flipthrough HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday June 1.

Volume 22 Issue 8 - May 2017

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From science fact in "Integral Man: Music and the Movies," to science fiction in the editor's opener; from World Fiddle Day at the Aga Khan Museum to three Canadians at the Cliburn; from wanting to sashay across the 401 to Chamberfest in Montreal to exploring the Continuum of Jumblies Theatre's 20-year commitment to the Community Play (there's a pun in there somewhere!).

Volume 22 Issue 7 - April 2017

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In this issue: Our podcast ramps up with interviews in March with fight director Jenny Parr, countertenor Daniel Taylor, and baritone Russell Braun; two views of composer John Beckwith at 90; how music’s connection to memory can assist with the care of patients with Alzheimer’s; musical celebrations in film and jazz, at National Canadian Film Day and Jazz Day; and a preview of Louis Riel, which opens this month at the COC. These and other stories, in our April 2017 issue of the magazine!

Volume 22 Issue 6 - March 2017

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Volume 22 Issue 5 - February 2017

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In this issue: an interview with composer/vocalist Jeremy Dutcher, on his upcoming debut album and unique compositional voice; a conversation with Boston Symphony hornist James Sommerville, as as the BSO gets ready to come to his hometown; Stuart Hamilton, fondly remembered; and an inside look at Hugh’s Room, as it enters a complicated chapter in the story of its life in the complex fabric of our musical city. These and other stories, as we celebrate the past and look forward to the rest of 2016/17, the first glimpses of 2017/18, and beyond!

Volume 22 Issue 4 - December 2016/January 2017

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In this issue: a conversation with pianist Stewart Goodyear, in advance of his upcoming show at Koerner Hall; a preview of the annual New Year’s phenomenon that is Bravissimo!/Salute to Vienna; an inside look at music performance in Toronto’s health-care centres; and a reflection on the incredible life and lasting influence of the late Pauline Oliveros. These and more, in a special December/January combined issue!

Volume 22 Issue 3 - November 2016

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Volume 22 Issue 2 - October 2016

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In this issue: David Jaeger and Alex Pauk’s most memorable R. Murray Schafer collabs, in this month’s installment of Jaeger’s CBC Radio Two: The Living Legacy; an interview with flutist Claire Chase, who brings new music and mindset to Toronto this month; an investigation into the strange coincidence of three simultaneous Mendelssohn Elijahs this Nov 5; and of course, our annual Blue Pages, a who’s who of southern Ontario’s live music scene- a community as prolific and multifaceted as ever. These and more, as we move full-force into the 2016/17 concert season- all aboard!

Volume 22 Issue 1 - September 2016

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Music lover's TIFF (our fifth annual guide to the Toronto International Film Festival); Aix Marks the Spot (how Brexit could impact on operatic co-production); The Unstoppable Howard Cable (an affectionate memoir of a late chapter in the life of of a great Canadian arranger; Kensington Jazz Story (the newest kid on the festival block flexes its muscles). These stories and much more as we say a lingering goodbye to summer and turn to the task, for the 22nd season, of covering the live and recorded music that make Southern Ontario tick.

Volume 21 Issue 9 - Summer 2016

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It's combined June/July/August summer issue time with, we hope, enough between the covers to keep you dipping into it all through the coming lazy, hazy days. From Jazz Vans racing round "The Island" delivering pop-up brass breakouts at the roadside, to Bach flute ambushes strolling "The Grove, " to dozens of reasons to stay in the city. May yours be a summer where you find undiscovered musical treasures, and, better still, when, unexpectedly, the music finds you.

Volume 21 Issue 8 - May 2016

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INSIDE: The Canaries Are Here! 116 choirs to choose from, so take the plunge! The Nylons hit the road after one last SING! Fling. Jazz writer Steve Wallace wonders "Watts Goode" rather than "what's new?" Paul Ennis has the musical picks of the HotDocs crop. David Jaeger's CBC Radio continues golden for a little while yet. Douglas McNabney is Music's Child. Leipzig meets Damascus in Alison Mackay's fertile imagination. And "C" is for KRONOS in Wende Bartley's koverage of the third annual 21C Festival. All this and as usual much much more. Enjoy.

Volume 21 Issue 7 - April 2016

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Volume 21 Issue 6 - March 2016

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From 30 camp profiles to spark thoughts of being your summer musical best, to testing LUDWIG as you while away the rest of so-called winter; from Scottish Opera and the Danish Midtvest, to a first Toronto recital appearance by violin superstar Maxim Vengerov; from musings on New Creations and new creation, to the boy who made a habit of crying Beowulf; it's a month of merry meetings and rousing recordings reviewed, all here to discover in The WholeNote.

Volume 21 Issue 5 - February 2016

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2016 is off to a flying start! We chronicle the Artful Times of Andrew Burashko, the violistic versatility of Teng Li, the ageless ebullience of jazz pianist Gene DiNovi and the ninetieth birthday of trumpeter Johnny Cowell. Jaeger remembers Boulez; Waxman recalls Bley's influence, and Olds finds Bowie haunting Editor's Corner. Oh, and did we mention there's all that music? Hello (and goodbye) to the February blues, and here's to swinging through the musical vines of the Year of the Monkey.

Volume 21 Issue 4 - December 2015/January 2016

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What's a vinyl renaissance? What happens when Handel's Messiah runs afoul of the rumba rhythm setting on a (gasp!) Hammond organ? What work does Marc-Andre Hamelin say he would be content to have on every recital program he plays? What are Steve Wallace's favourite fifty Christmas recordings? Why is violinist Daniel Hope celebrating Yehudi Menuhin's 100th birthday at Koerner Hall January 28? Answers to all these questions (and a whole lot more) in the Dec/Jan issue of The WholeNote.

Volume 21 Issue 3 - November 2015

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"Come" seems to be the verb that knits this month's issue together. Sondra Radvanovsky comes to Koerner, William Norris comes to Tafel as their new GM, opera comes to Canadian Stage; and (a long time coming!) Jane Bunnett's musicianship and mentorship are honoured with the Premier's award for excellence; plus David Jaeger's ongoing series on the golden years of CBC Radio Two, Andrew Timar on hybridity, a bumper crop of record reviews and much much more. Come on in!

Volume 21 Issue 2 - October 2015

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Vol 21 No 2 is now available for your viewing pleasure, and it's a bumper crop, right at the harvest moon. First ever Canadian opera on the Four Seasons Centre main stage gets double coverage with Wende Bartley interviewing Pyramus and Thisbe composer Barbara Monk Feldman and Chris Hoile connecting with director Christopher Alden; Paul Ennis digs into the musical mind of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and pianist Eve Egoyan is "On the Record" in conversation with publisher David Perlman ahead of the Oct release concert for her tenth recording. And at the heart of it all the 16th edition of our annual BLUE PAGES directory of presenters profile the season now well and truly under way.

Volume 21 Issue 1 - September 2015

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Paul Ennis's annual TIFF TIPS (27 festival films of potential particular musical interest); Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Jeffrey Beecher on the Silk Road; David Jaeger on CBC Radio Music in the days it was committed to commissioning; the LISTENING ROOM continues to grow on line; DISCoveries is back, bigger than ever; and Mary Lou Fallis says Trinity-St. Paul's is Just the Spot (especially this coming Sept 25!).